WASHINGTON ― Republicans think they have a bill to avert a government shutdown and significantly raise spending caps ― a bipartisan deal months in the making. That’s a significant increase from the spending caps set in 2011, and many conservatives are likely to oppose the deal. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) said he wasn’t just a no ― he was a “hell no.”“To summarize it: This spending bill is a debt junkie’s dream,” Brooks said. The deal would provide $80 billion above the spending caps for defense and $63 billion for non-defense for this year. The agreement would also set up $140 billion in war funding and $20 billion more for other emergency spending.

Source: Huffington Post February 07, 2018 21:33 UTC